Cigar-tip cutter.



Patented May'. 4,1902.

No. 694,'59I.

E. WALKER. CIGAR TIP CUTTER. (application med may 17. 1901,)

(lo Model.)

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EDWIN WALKER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAFl-TIP CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 694,591, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed May 1'7, 1901. Serial No. 60,681. (No model.)

T0 all whom Aif may concern.:

Be it known that I, EDWIN WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Tip Cutters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a f ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of vreference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar-tip cutters; and it consistsparticularly in improvements in the rotating cylinder, the cutter mechanism, and the tripping and stop mechanism, whereby the rotating cylinder is started and stopped.

The object of my invention is to produce a cigar-tip cutter in which the' rotary cylinder is provided with a series of teeth or stops thereon adapted to engage and actuate the cutter-blade and tripping and stop' mechanism adapted to engage teeth or stops on said cylinder and be disengaged therefrom, the tripping mechanism so operating to release the stop mechanism from engagement with the teeth or stops on the rotary cylinder as not to interfere with the automatic rengagement of the stop mechanism with the teeth or stops on the rotary cylinder. A

Another object of this invention is the construction of a'cigar-tip cutter in a compact form, so that it consists of comparatively few parts of simple construction, and also of improvements in the winding-key thereof.

' I accomplish these objects by preferablyA constructing the cigar-tip cutter with the rotary cylinder and the actuating-spring on the same shaft, which is mounted in a suitable frame, which shaft is provided with a Winding-key, preferably consisting of a lloop of wire inserted in holes in the shaft, thereby providing a simple and inexpensive key and at the same time one which presents considerable gripping-surface to the hand operating it. In this construction the rotary cylinder is provided with peripheral teeth or stops and a stop-lever adapted to engage said teeth or stops and a tripping mechanism adapted to receive the tip of a cigar and also carrying a the cigartip cutter.

cutter-blade pivoted thereto, together with trip-lever mechanism mounted thereon adapted to engage and be automatically disengaged from the stop-lever mechanism.

The mechanism above referred to which I have devised for these purposes is hereinafter fully set forth and described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section of the frame of a cigar-tip cutter on the line a; x in Figs. 2 and 3, with the top thereof removed, showing a view in elevation of the mechanism of a cigar-tip cutter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the top of the cigartip cutter with the top of the case removed, portions of the lower part thereof broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the frame or case of the machine on the line y y in Fig. 1 and with the top thereof removed,

showing another view, partially in elevation and partially in section, of the mechanism of Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the upper part of the cigar-tip cutter on the line .c .e in Fig. 2, showing the tip of a cigar in dotted lines inserted into the tipopening preparatory to cutting the tip therefrom. Fig. 5 is a like sectional detail showing the mechanism operated and the tip of the cigar cut off. Fig. 6 is a detail showing a plan view of the stop-lever and its bearingpivot. Y

In these drawings thus illustrating my invention, A is the frame or case of the cigartip cutter, the top being provided with an opening A for the insertion of the tip of a cigar, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. In this frame or case there are supports ad, in which a transverse shaft Bis journaled, upon which shaft I mount an actuating-spring C and a rotating cylinder D. One end of the shaft B projects out of the side of lthe frame A, and through the end of which shaft I make holes, in which I place a winding-key B', made of parallel rods b b', preferably in the shape of a staple, as illustrated in Fig. 3. This construction of winding-key is easily made and secured in the shaft B and when in place presents a much larger gripping-surface for the fingers of the operator when winding up the spring C than is the case with the single pin ordinarily used as a winding-key in cigartip cutters.

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The rotating cylinder D, I preferably make in the form of a disk having a flange on one side thereof. The periphery of this cylinder' is provided with stops or teeth CZ, adapted to engage a shoulder c in a stop-lever E, which stop-lever E is pivoted to the frame A and is provided with a retracting-spring F, which engages a stud e on the lever E and operates to bring the shoulder e on the stop-lever into engagement with the stop or teeth CZ, the upward movement thereof being preferably limited by a stop e thereon contacting with the hub D of the cylinder D. For further insuring this engagement the inner face of the ange on the rotating cylinder D is preferably provided with cam-surfaces cZ, which engage a lateral stud e2 on the stop-lever E and operate to automatically bring the shoulder e of the stop-lever E into contact with the teeth or stops Z regardless of the action of the spring F. In the top of the case A, I mount a tripper II, directly under the opening A in the top of the case, which tripper is provided with lateral ribs Zi, which slide up and down in grooves a2 d2 in the frame A, as shown in Fig. 2. In the top of the tripper H, I make an opening II', adapted to receive the tip of a cigar, as illustrated in Figs. 4C and 5. From the top of the tripper H there are arms Zt and h2, which extend downward on each side of the rotary cylinder D, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The arm h2 is provided with a shoulder h3, adapted to contact with the cylinder-hub D, as shown in Fig. 5. On the arm h2 there is a lateral extension I, which has a downward extension I' thereon, the lower end of which is pivoted to a link G, one end of which is pivoted to the frame A, and

' it is also provided with a retracting-spring to raise the tripper H up to and retain it in its normal position, as illustrated in Figs. l, 3, and 4, yet permits the tripper H to be depressed, as illustrated in Fig. 5. Upon the extension I of the arm h2 there is centrally pivoted an oscillating arm J, the lower end of which is adapted to contact with a lateral projection c3 on the stop-lever E during the downward movement of the tripper mechanism. The arm J is also provided with a laterally-projecting weight-arm K, the downward movement of which is limited by ashoulder -z on the downward extension I of the lateral extension Lwhich weight operates to normally move the upper end of the arm Jinward, so that the lower end of the arm J will engage the projection e3 on the stop-lever E during the downward movement of the tripper H. The upper end of the arm J is provided with a lateral extension J', which overhangs the periphery of the cylinder D, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and when the tripper` H is moved downward until the rotary cylinder D is released one of the teeth or stops CZ thereon engages the extension J on the arm J and moves the upper end thereof outward and disengages the lower end of the arm J from the stop-lever E, so as to allow it to operate, and

as soon as the tripper II returns toits normally upraised position the weight K, operating on the arm J, returns it to its normal position, with its lower end in engagement with the stop-lever E, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, with the mechanism again ready for cutting a cigar-tip. The cutter-blade in this mechanism'can be made, mountedgand operated in several different ways; but I preferably make it in the form of a yoke L, the lower ends Z Z of the arms thereof extending downward on the inside of the tripper-arms ZL h2, where the arms Z Z are pivoted thereto, so that the yoke L will swing freely thereon. On the top of the yoke L there is a cutterblade M, secured so that the edge thereof will travel directly across the lower end of the opening H' in the tripper H, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 4, and 5. On the back of the arms Z Z there are weights m m, provided with shoulders m', which contact with the edges of the tripper-arms ZL h2 when the edge of the cutter-blade M has passed the opening H in the tripper H and stops the forward Inovement of the yoke L, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. These weights m m also operate to throw the yoke L back to its normal position, as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 4. To limit the backward movement of the yoke L,the arm Z thereof has a forwardly-projecting extension Z2 thereon provided with a lateral projection Z3, which engages the edge of the tripper-arm Zt when the yoke L is in its normal position. The part of the yoke L to which the blade M is secured is provided with a projection L', which extends between the weights m m and is adapted to be engaged by the teeth or stops CZ on the rotary cylinder D when the tripper is depressed, so that when the cylinder D rotates it operates to drive the yoke L and the blade M, mounted thereon, forward across the opening H in the tripper H, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

In operation when a cigar is inserted into the opening A in the case A it contacts with the opening H in the tripper H. It' the cigar is then pressed downward, it moves the tripper H downward, which operates through the arm J to press the stop-lever E downward until the rotary cylinder D is released. Meanwhile the yoke carrying the cutter-blade M and the projection J' on the arm J have been brought into line with the teeth or stops (Z on the cylinder D, which cylinder when released moves forward and carries the yokeL and cutting-blade M thereon across the opening H in the tripper H, so as to sever the tip of a cigar projecting downward through the same, and simultaneously one of the teeth or stops d on the rotary cylinder D has acted upon the upper end of the arm J to disengage the lower end thereof from the stop-lever E, which instantly engages the next tooth or stop d on the cylinder D and stops its rotation, and when the cigar is removed from the opening H' the tripper automatically returns to its normal position, with the lower end of IIO the arm J in engagement With the stop-lever E, the weights m m meanwhile returning the same; but I do not desire to confine myselfv to the particular construction of my invention herein shown and described, as it is clearly obvious to those skilled in the art to which it appertains that the features thereof can be readily utilized in'the'manufactureof cigar-tip cutters in various forms of construction and arrangement of same, or all'of the parts of the mechanism thereof, and good results attained Without in any manner departing from the spirit of my invention. Therefore What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. In a cigar-tip cutter, a rotary cylinder, a stop mechanism, a tripping mechanism adapted to operate the stop'mechanism, and a cutter mechanism carried by the tripping mechanism and adapted to be brought into engagement with the rotary cylinder by the action of the tripping mechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cigartip cutter, a rotary cylinder, teeth or stops thereon, stop mechanism adapted to engage said teeth or stops, a-tripping mechanism adapted to disengage said stop mechanism, a cutter mechanism mounted on the tripper and adapted to be moved into engagement With the teeth or stops on the cylinder thereby, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cigar-tip cutter, a rotary cylinder, a tripper having a cigar-tip opening therein, a cylinder stop mechanism operated by said tripper, and a cutter mechanism mounted on the tripper and adapted to be actuated by the rotarycylinder when the tripper is depressed, substantially as set forth.

4. In a cigar-tip cutter, a frame, a springactuated rotary cylinder mounted therein, teeth or stops and cam-surfaces on said cylinder, stop-lever mechanism adapted to engage the teeth or stops and the cams on said cylinder, a tri pper having an opening therein to receive a cigar-tip, mechanism on said tripper for engaging saidl stop-lever, and a cutter mechanism engaging said tripper and adapted to be moved thereby into engagement with the teeth or stops on the rotary cylinder, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cigar-tip cutter, a frame, a springactuated rotary cylinder mounted therein, teeth or stops on said cylinder, a stop-lever engaging the teeth or stops thereon, atripper mounted in said frame so as to move up and down therein, and having a cigar-tip opening therein,'a swinging arm mounted on said tripper so as to engage said lstop-lever, a lug or extension on said arm adapted tobe brought into engagementrwith' the teeth or stops on said rotary cylinder by the action of the tripper, and a cutter-blade mechanism mounted -on the tripper and adapted to be brought into engagement with the teeth on the rotary cylinder by the operation of the tripper, substantially as set forth. .y Y

6. In a cigar-tip cutter, a frame, a springactuated rotary cylinder mounted therein, teeth or stops on said rotary cylinder, a stoplever adapted to engage the teeth or stops thereonpatripper mounted in said frame so as tomove up and down thereim-arms thereon projecting down on each side of the cylinder, a cutter mechanism pivoted on said arms, so as to move up'andl down Withsaid tripper, a downward extension on one of the tripper-arms, a link pivoted to `said extension and tothe frame,'spring mechanism for raising said tripper to its normal position,

and an arm on said tripper adapted to engage the stop-lever during the downward movement of the tripper, substantially as set forth. A

7. In a cigar-tip cutter, the combination of a spring-shaft, and a Winding-key therefor consisting substantially of U-shaped ro'd in serted in holes insaid shaft, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature in presence of two Witnesses. v Y

` EDWIN WALKER.

I'Vitnesses:

HARoLD M. STUReEoN, -I-LJ: CURTZE.- Y 

